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@@tubbatravels I did go to the devil's staircase and the damage to the area is surreal, I do still plan to navigate the slip area and I did go by the cafe in one of my previous videos an sadly it's ashame to see that area in the condition it's in.

@@allenwood9967 it's still a great island. You have lots to explore.

@@tubbatravels it's a great place, did you check out the rocket testing site near the needle's? If not you'll like the view's 👍

@@allenwood9967 we went to the needles and into the batteries but I wasn't aware o a rocket testing site.

@@tubbatravels there's a part where you have to pay but I haven't been in there yet I hope to see it 👍

@@tubbatravels thank you I'll sub back to you too 👍 it's ashame to see it in the condition it's in, one part of the building inside was boarded off whether that's because it's connected to other buildings or they might have been working, I did hear a team working very close by. It is bad that they have to tag the wall's the way they do as the building still has some character inside.

@@TravelVanningGamer these one's are but these are just a few. We might have to link up one day and do an explore, I can show you this place 😁👍

@@allenwood9967 Yeah mate, that would be cool! Love abandoned stuff, find it so interesting. There's a big manor house about an hour from where I live, still need to work out exactly where it is but will do over the winter 🤟

@@TravelVanningGamer a big manor house! That sounds like a cool one to check out, hopefully you get the chance to explore in it and no doubt record the place 🙌

@@allenwood9967 Yeah should be cool mate! I will certainly make a video when the time comes! Have a good Sunday mate 😎

@@TravelVanningGamer looking forward to it, enjoy your day mate 👍👍

@@TravelVanningGamer I love these places day or night 😁 I had my nephew with me and we didn't do the first abandoned house because there was banging inside when we came around with our torches on, I would venture in but I didn't want him around anything that might happen 😁

@@isasalaam5055 that's wild! Is that the part's that are covered in felt that was originally slate? There is an elevated wooden platform above the centre turret of the hotel too which looked modern. The view's were very impressive an hopefully if the building is restored the roof would make a brilliant area for food and drinks on an afternoon overlooking the sunset.

@@allenwood9967 On the roof as you climb the ladder to the roof....that hut up there was the lift engine room. The lift ran from ground to top floor.

@@isasalaam5055 that was different seeing that up there, I remember thinking about whoever it would have been back then going up on the roof to work up there.

@@isasalaam5055 it's terrible to see it in this state, it opened on May 1899 and that's an impressive amount of history it would have seen but to resort to what it is now is very sad.

@@allenwood9967 It is actually three buildings converted into just one. The main part you are in. At the reception area, just to the right is a large wooden paneled off area. Builders have restricted that area but from the other end you can get in. Where the kings head pub use to be. And then there was the middle section.

@@isasalaam5055 I noticed whilst I was in there that the scaffolding was up and you could hear a team working away inside.

@@isasalaam5055 Although I never knew the place when it was up and running it's a shame to see it in the condition it's in. I imagine when you worked there it was an impressive building.

@@allenwood9967 A wonderful place and steeped in history. I did maintenance with Terry Rogers, who worked there for over forty years. Great stories about just before D-Day. It was used to billet soldiers before the invasion.

@@isasalaam5055 definitely some deep pockets of history within and around the building. You can imagine going back in time to see what that was like and what the soldiers did with their time.

@@user-wb8jr9hr8q 😄

@@elizabethnovak4088 the fractures had not long happened. It was a case of being vigilant and stepping carefully between areas. Now it's completely unstable with the roads cracked to bits.

It just looks scary..🙈

@@elizabethnovak4088 it's far worse now, I did a video in the woodland near here and several trees have collapsed and more ground has given way.

Can you show the cliffs or exactly where these homes are built, on the cliff edge or what's actually happening there...

@@elizabethnovak4088 this one was at the end of old park road heading in the direction of binnel studio's, it's a distance from the undercliff but from what I was told a bridge was filled in after the war and it was used for transporting material and personnel during the war, I was told that it shouldn't have been filled in and it's what might have added to the landslip back in 2014 on the undercliff road. I also heard from a miner and geologist that there should have been deep drilled holes to allow water to vent from the deeper soil levels and that the island could benefit from doing this.

@@elizabethnovak4088 it's far worse than this now, this video was taken not long after it happened and now it's severely unstable with cracked chunks of road all crushed together.

I clocked that there was lights on an that's why I left. I am concerned for anyone who lives around the area and what they've dealt with.

@@steviedent1967 Yeah it's real dense in some areas around here especially near the blackgang chine area, I tried to find the house in the hill up there and ended up exiting over the fence at the amusements lol

@@TravelVanningGamer Hi mate I've just subscribed to your channel, I'll be looking forward to your explores cheers 😁

@@allenwood9967 Nice one, thanks mate! They'll be a fair few coming up 🤟

@@TravelVanningGamer That's great mate, many crazy locations to explore 👍👍

@@derekfarrellmusicontheisleofwi I detoured near the bottom after coming down the steps 😄 I hope to do a second run and cover the slip basin next time and hopefully find the wishing seat 🙌

@@allenwood9967 It's on the coastal path about a quarter mile south of Luccombe Chine House. There'll be a danger sign and red&white barrier . When you get into the lower land slip , bare left and down steps..

@@derekfarrellmusicontheisleofwi sounds like I was almost on it, I got sidetracked by a lone property that was not far away but I turned back, even though the backyard had slipped I reckon the owner is still there, there was lights on and what sounded like a radio playing.

@@303storm Iktan in the house ✊✊✊

@@garethbramley1 there's some great views at the top of this hill, we often do this route as a regular walk.

@@allenwood9967 I did it at least twice, maybe three times whilst I was there last month. Not always the same time of day. Annoyingly I had to walk up St. Lawrence shute due to a diversion but I'm sure there would have been a way through to continue on the footpath to the top of Ventnor. I never take the path down to St. Lawrence and Undercliff Road because there's nothing to see down there really apart from the houses.

@@garethbramley1 there's a path that's almost Hidden right in line with undercliff close, it has step's that bring you right to the top 👍

@@dennismoor2767 it's a great seat with view's of the tree's, the seas behind them 😄

@@dennismoor2767 it's quite a good walk however this is facing ventnor, behind me is the hill path and that lead's to niton. It's great walk with great views 😊

You should see it now, the entire road has collapsed in on itself and half of the garden and woodland behind has bulged towards the house.

It's been nuts mate honestly but in a good way 😁 I moved from the midlands to here and it's just what was needed. There's a scarcity of cloud here and next to no breeze .

@@allenwood9967 Lucky you. I'd love to move. This place is full of cloud. Not so bad today but generally it's always cloudy in the central belt of the UK. Hardly any cloud in SE corner and IOW. I'll be down there in less than two weeks. I'll give you a wave when I'm walking down Undercliff Drive!

@@garethbramley1 there's been a share of mixed weather across the UK I've been told, my wife is in wales at the moment and she said it's beaming sunshine there with very little clouds. If I see you waving you'll have to pop up for a drink 😁

Sea mist yes, it's still going on and st Lawrence is covered in it. Look's cool 😊

Diddy hi diddy

@@denisewright5330 Hi Ellie 😄 xxx

It could be and definitely! I'd have to agree if we had slippage here it would be terrible, it's one of those places that's great to return to every now and again.

Absolutely. The lower part of the cliff is sandstone and traces of it can be seen on the path.

It would be interesting to rewind back through the years when there was very little in the way of tree's around that area and envision what the views would have looked like looking towards the ocean.

Thank you, it is awful. It looks like the damage stem's from the landslip that occurred up the road in 2014.

Same here, we can only hope they've had some form of support for what they've dealt with 🙏 I watched a video today and didn't realise that the damage is also in the woodlands behind the house and there's tree's that have fallen.

The only thing I realised after was the phone camera was covered in dust as I was working nearby 😁

So far all we've seen is the house on its own down old park road has collapsed and is in a bad condition, the road is badly damaged in several areas around the house too.

Was this again another recent landslide or from early March?

It's bad, I have sympathy towards the people that lost their home and all they poured into it.

Apologies for the swearing, we was blown away by the extent of damage done as we'd heard very little from local news site's and equally disturbing we've heard of people wanting to keep this under wraps. This is someone's or a family's home taken away from them and we want to know why people want less said about it. To the people that lived there we wish them all the best and hope they are somewhere safe.

Sorry, wasn't being judgemental. Not sure what I would have said either!

@@dennismoor2767 that's okay 😊 it's just concerning that slips seem to hitting the Isle hard lately, especially two good routes on the island.

So sad, great vid, cut the language tho lads. The island is falling apart!

​@@jamescourt4703 the language was our reaction to seeing the extent of damage done. We saw many people pass us and explain what they saw. The majority used their own language to say what they saw. We heard an article saying there had been a slip but we didn't know the true extent of the damage. Like another comment I received on here saying " you could imagine the language used by the owners when this happened".

Cheers John, it's great on an afternoon when the sun is setting too 😊

This is by woody bay, st Lawrence.

Hi Sethimus that's totally cool, you can use this video in any way it helps 😊👍👍

Glad you enjoyed the event 😊

Did you attend that night 😊

@@allenwood9967 i got to shaggy for the end 20 mins . was right down at the front but off to the side. squeezed through the crowd and found loads of room just being ignored :) i was late because PETE TONG WITH AN ORCHESTRA HAD TO COME FIRST!!!! :) 🤩

@@Nevvanormalstuffnfingztarot respects you got to the front 😁 we was near the entry inside the enclosure, it was a great show 😊

garethbramley1 it's great walk around this part, I'm only two miles away from here but whenever I get the free time I'll often head that way 😊

@@allenwood9967 I've walked it all many times. I intend to try and pick up the old road sometime. You have to go over that ridge to the right of the car park (at the end of the road) and stick close to the cliff edge. Maybe you can find this on your drone? I'd need to take some secateurs with me though - if not cutters.

@@garethbramley1 I did that route an ended up using a stick to break through the nettles an lots of them! I ended up exiting on the blackgang amusements because I'd gone too far 😄

@@allenwood9967 ☺

Thank you 😊 I would have recorded more only my battery was low 😊

Certainly looks to be a convenient cover for a situation that needs a quick solution, it's also common on the mainland too.

It's great 😊

Yes, it's sad to know these places were a highlight in their day only to amount to nothing now, it should have either been revived as an arcade/ adults restbite or building with several businesses inside.

Inside job, Arson just like how Ventnor Pier was set fire to, C.....

Routine again like many places, looking like it was a convenience.

The ( to go to) convenience of fire's to make end's meet, it should have either remained an arcade or a palisade to help ventnor with business.

Always said they should have revived it as an arcade.

We feel the same, plenty in there should have been preserved. Something doesn't add up as we watched the fire it looked like the roof was targeted an the rear of the building.

@@allenwood9967 prime real estate and let's face it couldn't build what they want there with all that in the way it all makes perfect sense sadly

@@thealchemist638 yes i agree, far too convenient yet I'd heard the roof atrium compartment was to be seemed into the new structure, perhaps they found something they didn't like or someone made the roof a point of interest.

They blocked the route off by winter gardens, we was heading down st Lawrence shute when I saw the smoke cloud's.

​@@allenwood9967 jeez

@@allenwood9967 was it snowing